Competition on the Internet

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Surblytė, Gintarė (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 23
• Subjects: Law.; Management.; Industrial management.; Computers.; Law and legislation.; E-commerce.; International law.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Legal Aspects of Computing.; Innovation/Technology Management.; e-Commerce/e-business.

Undeniably widespread and powerful as it is, the Internet is not beyond control: it can reach as high as the sky (cloud computing), but it cannot escape competition. Yet, protecting competition in the “network of networks” is not without challenges: not only are competitive processes in platform-bas...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory remarks by Gintarė Surblytė
• Selective Distribution and the Internet – Lessons from Case C-439/09 Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique (13 October 2011)by Stefan Enchelmaier
• Internet Competition and E-books: Challenging the Competition Policy Acquis? by Simonetta Vezzoso
• A Note on Price Parity Clauses in Platform Markets by Sebastian Wismer
• FTC v. Google: The Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Online Markets by Ronny Hauck
• A Legal Framework for the Assessment of Discriminatory Behaviour in the ICT Sector by Pablo Ibáñez Colomo
• Competition Concerns in Multi-sided Markets in Mobile Communication by Severin Frank
• The more technological approach – Competition law in the digital economy by Rupprecht Podszun.